10 November 2017
2017- n° 296In Q3 2017, private payroll employment slowed down slightly (flash estimate) Flash estimate of payroll employment - third quarter 2017
In Q3 2017, private payroll employment slowed down softly : +0.2%, after +0.4%, that is +29,700 jobs after +81,500. Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +240,900 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased over the quarter by +0.2% (that is +28,200 jobs) and by +0.8% over the year (+152,800 jobs).
Private payroll employment was almost stable in industry (−0.1%, −3,600 jobs) and in agriculture. It continued to increase strongly in construction (+0.5%, that is +6,700 jobs, after 0.4%). Year on year, private employment dipped by 15,700 in industry whereas it increased by 18,100 in construction.
In Q3 2017, in market services, private employment slowed down: +0.3% (that is +31,000 jobs), after +0.6%. Excluding temporary employment, the slowdown is less pronounced: +0.3%, after +0.4%. Private employment in non-market services decreased by 0.2% over the quarter (after +0.2% in the previous quarter) but increased over a year (+0.5%, that is +12,500 jobs).
In Q3 2017, private payroll employment slowed down softly : +0.2%, after +0.4%, that is +29,700 jobs after +81,500. Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +240,900 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased over the quarter by +0.2% (that is +28,200 jobs) and by +0.8% over the year (+152,800 jobs).
Private payroll employment was almost stable in industry (−0.1%, −3,600 jobs) and in agriculture. It continued to increase strongly in construction (+0.5%, that is +6,700 jobs, after 0.4%). Year on year, private employment dipped by 15,700 in industry whereas it increased by 18,100 in construction.
In Q3 2017, in market services, private employment slowed down: +0.3% (that is +31,000 jobs), after +0.6%. Excluding temporary employment, the slowdown is less pronounced: +0.3%, after +0.4%. Private employment in non-market services decreased by 0.2% over the quarter (after +0.2% in the previous quarter) but increased over a year (+0.5%, that is +12,500 jobs).
The level of temporary employment stayed practically unchanged
Temporary employment was almost stable in Q3 2017 (+0.2% that is +1,500 jobs), after increasing sharply in the previous quarter (+4.1%). Year on year, it continued to rise dramatically (+14.0%, +88,100 jobs).
tableauTable1 – Private payroll employment change (thousands)
| Change in thousands | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 3 months | In 1 year | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | Q3 | |
| Agriculture | 2.8 | 0.7 | −9.1 | 291.1 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | −2.8 | −3.6 | −15.7 | 3, 087.3 |
| Construction | 4.8 | 6.7 | 18.1 | 1, 352.6 |
| Market services (*) | 71.3 | 31.0 | 235.1 | 11, 975.6 |
| of which: Temporary employment (**) | 28.0 | 1.5 | 88.1 | 718.0 |
| Non-market services | 5.4 | −5.1 | 12.5 | 2, 516.4 |
| Total Private | 81.5 | 29.7 | 240.9 | 19, 223 |
- How to read it: In Q3 2017, net private job creation in market services amounted to 31.000 jobs from the previous quarter.
tableauTable2 – Private payroll employment change (%)
| Change in percentage points | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| In 3 months | In 1 year | ||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | |
| Agriculture | 1.0 | 0.2 | −3,0 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.5 |
| Construction | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Market services (*) | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2,0 |
| of which: Temporary employment (**) | 4.1 | 0.2 | 14,0 |
| Non-market services | 0.2 | −0.2 | 0.5 |
| Total Private | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
- (*) Excluding extra-territorial activities
- (**) Temporary workers are recorded in services, regardless of the sector in which they carry out their mission effectively.
- Scope: private payroll employment; France, excluding Mayotte.
- Sources: INSEE and DARES
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